Paul Haggis vs the Church of Scientology

[Zeus]

This is a pretty neat (and extremely long - 26 pages total) article written by a freelancer working for the New Yorker in which Paul Haggis (the director) essentially outs the inner workings of Scientology. I haven't had the day and a half to read it yet but the article I read on this article (he's Canadian so it's gotten some play on CBC) states how he was worried about serious repercussions from the Church and how he was basically in a cult but just couldn't realize it. I don't know if any of it will be new but it certainly will be detailed

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011 ... act_wright

[SineSwiper]

OMG, somebody please fire their editor. You need to EDIT IT DOWN! A 26-page article is not an article. It's a fucking biography!

It was interesting, but I was getting annoyed by page 3 with the amount of content.

[Kupek]

Long-form articles is what the New Yorker does. If that's not what you're looking for, then you're reading the wrong publication.

[Kupek]

Read the whole thing (in pieces, over two days). Worth reading because it goes beyond the whole "Ha-ha, that Xenu story sure is crazy!" and goes into the systematic abuses that Scientology has inflicted upon people.

[Zeus]

Read the whole thing (in pieces, over two days). Worth reading because it goes beyond the whole "Ha-ha, that Xenu story sure is crazy!" and goes into the systematic abuses that Scientology has inflicted upon people.

If I had internet at work I woulda read it a long time ago.....

[Shrinweck]

I read several pages of it when this was first posted here but realized it wasn't particularly changing my stance and it wasn't something I necessarily wanted to become more knowledgeable about and stopped.

[SineSwiper]

Ditto. I've read quite a bit of various stuff from Xenu.net and other sources. It's brainwashing, abuse, and slavery, with deep pockets and lawyers.